government & constitution

government/constitution

October 31, 2011

Bearing Arms in America

"Gun control is a job-safety program for criminals” (John R. Lott). The right to bear arms is an important part of our society and it has been for centuries. Bearing arms is a right that we as Americans are fortunate...
September 20, 2011

I Believe I Can Rule the World

The world is full of things that just generally suck: hummers, mosquitoes, really terrible laws, traffic jams, commercials, et cetera. As a child, I used to quietly muse on these such things which I found so irksome and useless, then...
August 3, 2011

The World Won’t Change With Pretty Words Alone

“When I despair, I remember that all through history, the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think...
July 31, 2011

This I Believe

As an eccentric fourth-grader, I spent my Sunday mornings eating cereal and watching Meet the Press with George Stephanopoulos, analyzing in awe the adult world of politics. Politics was an ambiguous and obscure idea to me, but I knew that...
July 29, 2011

The Pursuit of Happiness

THIS I BELIEVE: The Pursuit of Happiness This lawyer believes in the pursuit of happiness for his clients. Thomas Jefferson’s clarion call for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” ,which I first encountered in public schools in my native...
July 28, 2011

Justice to and from All

I believe in the justice system. I believe in it to my core. From the local police to the president of our great nation, I believe in the justice system. I know in the future, wherever that is, I will...
July 28, 2011

Promote Peace! Vote for War!

I write this letter to express my view in regards to the heavy burden that has been left for my generation to restore the world from its current state of crisis. In expressing my feelings about the current state of...
June 30, 2011

Studying the Bible

I believe we need to study the Bible more. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews wrote: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of...
June 28, 2011

The Outside World

I believe in a world that will that wake up. In a world that will see the truth. I say this because not too long ago I read the Allegory of the Cave, a philosophy written by Plato that explains...